Acid wool dyestuffs



' ing as sriras GUILLAUME DE MONTMOLLIN, 0F BASEL, SWITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN BASLE, OE BASEL, SWITZERLAND.

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To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, GUILLAUME DEMONT- MOLLIN, a citizen of the Swiss Republic, and resident of Basel, Switzerland, have invented new Acid Wool Dyestuffs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification. I I

I have found that new dyestuffs, well appropriate for dyeing wool are obtained by transforming the dianiincdiarylsulfones, especially the 25 and QA-diaminodianylsulfones, into monoacidylderivatives, diazotizing these latter and combining the resultdi'azoderivatives with Q-aminonaphthalene-compounds and especially with 2- ,alninonaphthalenesulfonic acids and 2- amino-naphtholsulfonic acids. These dyestuffs constitute, in a dry state, red-brown to dark-violet and dark-brown powders, dissolving in water and with orange-red to brown and violet colorations and in concentrated sulfuric acid with orange to violet colorations and dyeing wool in an acid bath very equal orange-red to blackish-violet tints very fast to washing and extraordinarily fast to light.

Example 1.

290 parts of 2.5-dianiinobenzene-p-toluenesulfone (obtained according to the German l'atent No. 5282214) are dissolved in the sixfold quantity of alcohol and to the solution thus obtained 144 parts of acetic anhydrio are added. The moncacetyl-Q.5-diaminodiaiwlsulfone separates immediately in form of a white crystalline precipitate, which is filtered off and washed at first with some alcohol and afterward with much water. (hecrystallized from acetone the 2.8.6-aminonaphtholsulfonic acid in 1000 182 to 183 (1.). The moist mass is then suspended in 1000 parts of water and this suspension are added firstly 7d {darts of sodium nitrite and afterward at once 250 parts cf concentrated hydrochloric acic specification of Letters Patent. Pategntged NQV, 23, 1920;" Application filedDeoember 13, 1919, Serial No. 344,513.

A diam-compound difficultly soluble is formed; it is separated by filtration and ine, The dyestuif constitutes in a dry state a violet-blackpower, dissolvin in water to a blue-red solution and in sul uric acid to a brown-red solution. It dyes wool in an acid bath in very equal blue-red tints fast to washing and extraordinarily fast to iight. If in this example, the 2.8.6-aminonaphtholsul fonic acid is replaced by the equivalent quantity of 2.8.G-phenylaminonaphtholsulfonic acid, there is obtained aconsiderably bluer dyestulf which constitutes in a dry state a violet-brown powder dissolving 1n water and in sulfuric acid to blue-red solutions. It dyes wool in an acid bath very equal violet tints fast to-washing and extra- I ordinarily fast to light. If, on the contrary,

in this example the'equivalent quantity of 2-naphthylamin-6-sulfohic acids is substituted for the 2.8.6-aminonaphtholsulfonic acid, there results an orange-red dyestufi' which constitutes in a dry state a red powder dissolving in Water and in' sulfuric acid to orange-red solutions and dyes wool in an acid bath veryequa'l red tints fast to washving and to light.

Emample 2.

290 parts of 2.5-diaminobenzene-p-tolucmzsulfone are dissolved in the eightfold quantity of acetic acid and to the solution obtained is added a solution of 162 parts of phthalic anhydrid. The phthalainic acid of the 2.5-diaininobenzene-p-toluenesulfone precipitates immediately. It is filtered off, washed with some alcohol and afterward largely with water.

The phthalamic acid of the 2.5 diaminobenzene-p-toluenesulfone which is formed by dissolving the acid in glacial acetic acid melts at 232 C.

The phthalamic acid well washed with water is poured into 10000 parts of water and transformed in the corresponding sodium salt by adding 40 parts of sodium hydroXid. The diazotationis effected as in Example 1 and the diazo-compound filtered off is introduced'into a suspension of 238 parts of 2.8.6-aminonaphtholsulfonic acid.

The mass is gradually neutralized with 82 parts of sodium acetate. When all the diazocompound has disappeared, the mass is neutralized with sodium carbonate and the dyestuif precipitated by addition of common salt, filtered off and dricd' lt constitutes, in a dry state, a violet-brown powder dissolving in water to brownish-violet solutions and in concentrated sulfuric acid to violet solutions. It dyes wool in an acid bath very equal violet-tints fast to washing 1 and extraordinarily fast to light.

If in this example the 2.8.6-phenylaminonaphtholsulfonic acid is substituted for the masses 2.8.G-aminonaphtholsulfonic acid, there results a dark-violet dyestufi' which constitutes, in a dry state, a black powder dissolving in water and in sulfuric acid to blue-violet solutions and dyes wool in an acid bath black-Violet tints fast to washing and light.

Ewaniple 3.

. 422 parts of 1.a-naphthylenediaminwptoluenesulfone-ti-sulfonic acid (this acid is obtained from 1.4-naphthylene-diamins-6- sulfonic acid according to the process of the German Patent No. 282214 and constitute a colorless powder forming with alkalis yellow salts and with nitrous acid a diazocompound difiicultly soluble) are dissolyed in 4000 parts of water and 60 parts of sodium carbonate and to the obtained solution are added 150 parts of acetic anhydrid at 60 C. From the resulting colorless solution the new acetylcompound is precipitated in the form of clear flocks by neutralizing the excess of acetic acid with sodium carbonate and adding common salt. In the form of its sodium salt the new acetylcompound is colorless in contradis'tinction to the not. acetylated sulfone. The acetylcompound separated by filtration is diazotized as indicated in the Examples 1 and2, the intense yellow colored diazocompound separated by filtration is combined with 165 parts of ethvl-beta-naphthylamine in a medium acidulated by acetic acid. The resulting red-violet dyestuff is isolated in the usual way. It constitutes in a dry state a dark-brown powder and dissolves in water to blue-red and in concentrated sulfuric acid to orange solutions. It dyes wool in an acid bath blue-red tints fast to washing and to light.

In the following tabular exhibit are characterized a certain number of dvestutfs able What I claim is: 7

1. As new products, the herein described acid wool dyestuffs derived from monoacidylderivatives of diaminodiarylsulfones and 2-aminonaphthalene compounds, constitut'ing in a dry state red-brown to darkbrown and violet powders, soluble in water with orange-red to brown and violet colora- -tions and in concentrated sulfuric acid with orange to violet colorations and dyeing wool in an acid bath orange-red to blackishviolet tints fast to washing and to light.

2. As new products the herein described acid wool dyestuffs derived from monoacetylderivatives of diaminodiarylsulfones and 2-aminonaphthalenesulfonic compounds, consisting in a dry state red-brown to darkbrown and violet powders, soluble in water with orange-red to brown and violet colorations and in concentrated sulfuric acid with brown to violet colorations and dyeing wool in an acid bath orange-red to blackish-violet tints fast to light and to washing.

3. As new products the herein described acid wool dyestuffs derived from monoacetylderivatlves of diaminodiarylsulfones and 2-aminooxynaphthalenesulfonic compounds, constituting in a dry state redbrown to dark-brown and violet powders, soluble in water with red to brown and violet colorations and in concentrated sulfuric' acid with brown to violet colorations and dyeing wool in an acid bath orange-red to blackish-violet tints fast to light and to washing. 7

4. As a new article of manufacture the herein described acid wool dyestuff' corresponding to the vformula i SOaH GUILLAUME DE MONTMOLLIN.

Witnesses WILLIAM E. HOLLAND, AMAND RI'rrER. 

